C.2.15. ORA-00257: ARCHIVER ERROR. CONNECT INTERNAL ONLY, UNTIL FREED

Last Updated: 2016-04-20

Condition or Error

It is possible for the Oracle server to get into a state where
Tungsten Clustering is online, and with no other errors showing in
the log. However, when logging into the Oracle server an error
is returned:

ORA-00257: ARCHIVER ERROR. CONNECT INTERNAL ONLY, UNTIL FREED

Causes

This is a lack of resources within the Oracle server, and not
an issue with Tungsten Clustering.

Rectifications

The issue can be addressed by increasing the logical size of
the recovery area, by connecting to the Oracle database as the
system user and running the fol\ lowing command: